Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-28
OUR UAVERSACK.


A meeting Of the Barlow Grays will be
held on saturday evening, 20 h inst. to ii ii
vacancy in the position OF first lieuten-
ant.
Cummings Post at Hinesburgh has Sc
cured Hon II. &. Joyce to lecture this
trated lecture on Gettysburgh, Noy em-
Der 22d
The last stone in the Rutland Memorial
hall was laid Saturday afternoon, and
everything is now ready for the roof.
y camp of Sons of Veterans was recent
ly organized at West Randolph with about
40 members.
The Relief Corps of Water bury Centre
had good time at their entertainment
Howiston of Stowe. Over $50 was receiv-
ed on the quilt.
The annual fair of Post Sennott, G.. A.
r., opened Tuesday evening" and will con
tinue through the week.
There will be masquerade party
Grand Army hall in St. Johnsbury on
Friday evening under the auspices of the
Sons of Veterans.
An effort is being made to induce Col.
G. G. kinsman to accept the captaincy of
the Kingsley Guard of Rutland.
Womans Relief corps No. 90 of Hines
burgh will give grand sociable next Sat
urday evening, the Goth, in the hall of
Cummings Post, at which all are invited
to he present and help a worthy cause.
The battle monument at Bennington
has reached a hight of 20 feet, Work
thereon will soon be suspended for the
winter to he resumed again early in the
spring. The blocks of native stone which
the States of Vermont, Massachusetts and
New Hampshire were invited to give for
the monument have been received by the
building committee. The Vermont stone
| is of dark blue marble and was quarritd
| by eX Gov. Redfeld Proctor, The Massa-
cnusetts stone came from the Milford
| quarry and is of a handsome reddish color.
| The New Hampshire block is of granite.
The report Of the secretary. treasurer
! Col. Albert Clarke, showed that the Get
| tysburg monument fund now amounts to
| 81, ,jOO OF which sum $500 has been raised
! by private subscription. The commission
propose TO raise 5000 more.
The Troy (N. W DuilU Press prints a
readable article on the Vermont soldiers
! Home at bennington. There are 81 relief
corps in the State, aud about 90 of them
| have made presents to the home either in
! money or useful manufactured ,. cles.
| The iarm has produced 100 ton hay
this season, most of which will be Ted out
to the stock of COWS and team of horses
belonging to the home. The farm has
also produced 250 bushels or potatoes, and
all the other vegetables needed for the
year, 600 cabbayes, % bushels OF turnips
etc The inmates work as they please
but somehow Capt. Cofiey, the superin
tendent, manages to get along without
any other assistance outside ol
in. The 'eteraus ara dressed II
the Old amy uniform in full
Everything necessary is furnished them
free of cost, tobacco, stationery, postage
etc. Medical attendance is also free, auC
a room is neatly fitted up for the sick
"a fer nf n a
Until the home is 1lcd to the number to b,
herein supported, and thereafter whenever
vacancy exists, any soldier or sailor of h'
war of the rebellion who is sick or disabled by
wounds or old age, and who is DESTITUTE o
other means support aud who has beer
hOnOrably dtsChtrgs Il from the IN lltary o
naval service ol the umted states (preierenc'
being given 10 those soldiers and sailors who
) helped to I'LL the quota of Vermont, or wh'
can claim birth or citizenship IN Vermont
may he adm tied to tue home upon the
recommendation in writing OF any member o
the hoard OF trustees addressed to the super
| intcndent. All admissions to the home (eX
, ccpt those temporarily made by the supcrin
tendeuU shall he probationary.
Pensions have been granted to Yer
mOnters the past week as follows: Orig
inal, Samuel Morgan. Georgia increase
Harry VI. Sherman, Winoo-ki Falls; An
son p. Coburn, RoXbury; William Fair
banks, East Burke; George Webber, Hol
land; reissue, Franklin StOddard, War
ren; reissue and increase, ELAN A. Clark
Bondvlle; Matilda, widow of Jacob Win
ter Benson; increase, Charles j. +. Cush
=. man, Albnny; Abel l.. Norton, Addison
Joshua W Merritt, Newport Centre
George c. Archer, Fairhaven JOIN
Miner, SWanton James b. Dunton, Wes
Georgia; Edwin &. Atkins, Moretown
Willard W. Parker, Chelsea increase
John >. Colling. Barre; John Deany
Rupert Samuel Underhill, West Corn
wall; Carlton a. Woodcock, Plalntield